Author: Malcolm Kenward

AGM at Victory Hall, Balcombe – 12th April 2025

AGM at Victory Hall, Balcombe – 12th April 2025

This year’s AGM will take place at The Victory Hall at Balcombe on Saturday 12th April 2025 at 10:30 am. We had previously arranged to hold our AGM at Worth Abbey, but we’re now unable to rely on this in time to meet legal requirements 

West Weald Community Pantry Chills Out

West Weald Community Pantry Chills Out

Repower Balcombe granted £874 to the West Weald Community Pantry team in January 2025 to buy a fridge to extend the shelf life of donated food and reduce the amount going to waste. West Weald Community Pantry exists to reduce food waste, support people in need, and bring the 

Repower Supports The Victory Hall

Repower Supports The Victory Hall

Another step towards a greener future in Balcombe In Repower’s early years, there were a number of discussions with the Victory Hall’s management committee about potential energy saving projects as a means of reducing running costs. About 2 years ago we were asked about LED 

LEDs Light Up Turners Hill

LEDs Light Up Turners Hill

Having started to spread the word about the availability of grants from Repower more widely around the communities surrounding Balcombe, our first application arrived in March 2023 from Turners Hill Parish Council. As a Parish Council, we have been working on a project to upgrade 

Repower at Balcombe Fete – 2024

Repower at Balcombe Fete – 2024

A 10-year success story for Balcombe Many thanks to all who visited our site at this year’s fete, as we celebrated a Balcombe village success story spanning 10 years. We’ve generated over 1.2 gigawatt hours of electricity at prices well below market rates for our 

LED Lighting for Balcombe School

LED Lighting for Balcombe School

Last December we received a phone call from the school asking for advice on how best to spent some new government funding, targeted at reducing their energy needs. Our chairman, Tom Parker, toured the school with our thermal imaging camera, highlighting where the school was 

Generation exceeds One Gigawatt Hour

Generation exceeds One Gigawatt Hour

Our foundation was inspired by the demonstrations during 2013 against Cuadrilla’s exploration for oil at Lower Stumble, Balcombe. A small group of local people with support from renewable energy experts, decided that, instead of demonstrating, we’d show there was a better, far more environmentally friendly, 

Repower Sponsors Youth Eco Forum

Repower Sponsors Youth Eco Forum

One of the founding principles of Repower was to support education about climate change and how we could all make a contribution. Sussex Green Living asked us to support their Youth Eco Forum (YEF), a group aged between 14-21 years old, of environmentally concerned people, 

AGM and Talk at Victory Hall, Balcombe – 15th April

AGM and Talk at Victory Hall, Balcombe – 15th April

Saturday 15th April at the Victory Hall. Doors open at 10 am for refreshments. Our formal AGM will be preceded by a talk starting at 10:30, on The Future We Want by Nicola Peel, a Solutionist who has spent over 20 years working in the 

BBC Politics South East visits Balcombe

BBC Politics South East visits Balcombe

BBC iPlayer – Politics South East – 22/01/2023 REPOWERBalcombe again features on a major TV channel, as BBC South East Politics visits us for an update on our achievements, almost 10 years after the huge demonstrations against fossil fuel explorations at Lower Stumble, which inspired